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![]() Anybody have information on the Themi thermal locator? Check news at www.eglider.org My guess is the device is using GPS position and altitude, along with some math to determine which direction you are currently turning, and then to 'guess' where the thermal core is. The device then lights a light telling you which wing to level so you will head toward this thermal core location. For example, if you turn away from the thermal (into sink, for example), simple math on the GPS data will show you with a decreasing climb rate along with a bearing change (direction) that you are heading away from the thermal. Would be very simple to monitor the heading changes and signal (with a light) to raise your wing (bearing change would tell you which wing needs to come up), thereby stopping any further heading changes as your swing around and point back to the 'good lift'. Basically, do with software and the GPS data the 'circle shifting' we do in our head. Can this be programed into a PDA? |
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